Samuel claee and edward w



(No Mod-e1.)

S. CLARE 85B.' W. SMITH..

BILLIARD GUEA CHALKER.

No. 367,364.' ,Patented Aug. 2, 1887.

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ATTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL CLARE AND EDWARD V. SMITH, OE VINNIPEG, MANITOBA.

' CANADA.

BILLIARD-CUE CHALKER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,364, dated August2, 1887.

Application filed September 9, lBSG. Serial No. 213,110. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

' Beit known that iva-SAMUEL GLAREand EDWARD WARD SMITH, of Winnipeg,county of Selkirk, in the Province of Manitoba, Can-.-

Similar' letters of reference indicate corresimple and efficientapparatus for c'lialking the tips of billiardcues. Y

Our invention consists in a spirally-slotted tube provided with a footfor attachment to the billiard-table and containing a cylindricalchalk-case having a stud projecting through the slotted tube and aspiral spring placed between the closed end of the tube and thechalkcase and provided with a plate on which the chalk-case is stepped.

It also lfurther consists in the combination, with the spirally-slo'ttedtube, of a Haring mouth-piece for guiding the tip of the billiardcue tothe center of the chalk contained by the chalk-case.

The tube A, .forming the main portion of the chalker, is provided with afoot, B, for attachment to the billiardtalole, and has a spiral slot, a,which passes once around the tube and extends nearly to the endsthereof. To the tube A is fitted a chalk-case, C, which in the presentcase consists of a cylindrical cup, b, tted to the tube A, andcontaining a rectangular cup for holding the chalk. I may make thechalk-holder of a single piece of metal fitted to the tube A, and havingin its outer face a rectangular recess for receiving the chalk c. Theinner or closed end of the chalk-case is provided with a centralprojection, d, which rests in a cavity in the center of the circularAplate e, secured to the outer endfof the spring D. The inner end of thespring rests against the closed end of the tube A. In one side of thecaseO is inserted a I screw, f, which projects through the spiral slot aof the tube A, and carries a roller, g, which fits the spiral slot andis capable of rolling upon the edges of the metal at one side or.

the other of the slot.

To the open. end of the tube A is fitted a collar, h, carrying a daring`mouthpiece, E, whose central opening, z', is a little greater indiameter than the billiard-cue tip. The collar h is preferably securedtothe tube A by a bayonetj oint, j. The tube A being rigidly secured tothe billiard-table by screws passing through holes inthe foot B into thetable, the

cue-tip is chalked by inserting it in the liaring mouth-piece E andpushing it against the chalk, so as to cause the chalk-case C to moveinward in the tube, and by the engagement of the screw fand roller gcarried thereby with the edges of the metal at the sides of' the spiralslot a the spring D will be compressed and the chalk-'case C will berotated. As the cue is withdrawn from the chalker, the -spring D pushesforward the chalk-case C, and the movement of the screw f and rollerg inthe slot c causes the chalk-case to revolve in the opposite direction.

lo the closed end` of the tube is secured -a socket,.k,-in which isinserted a rubber bufferspring, Z, for arresting the motion of thechalkcase.

The advantages claimed for our improvement are that the cue may bequickly and easily chalked, the chalk-dust is retained by the tube A,the chalk is prevented from chipping and willbe economized, the tips arekept round and uniform in shape, and the chalk is prevented from beingscattered upon the door and over the table-top.

We are aware that a cl1alk-holder has been formed of a tubular casinghaving its inner end or head provided with a threaded aperture th roughwhich the spirally-threaded stem of the chalkholder passes, a spiralspring being placed around the stem and bearing on the holder and thecasing-head to return the holder to its proper position, and we do notclaim the saine as of our invention.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent IOC) l. The combination, in acue-elialker, ofthe spirally-slotted tube A, the chalk-ease C, pr0 vided willi the cup bfor containing the chalk, and carrying a screw, f, aud roller giu theslot a, and a spiral spring, D, adapted to return the chalk-ease t0 thepoint 0f starting, substantially as described.

2. The combination, iu a eue-el1alker, of the spirally-slotted tube A,the eliallvease C, provided with tbe cup b for containing the chalk, andcarrying a screw, f, and roller g in the slot a, a Spiral spring, D,adapted to return the chalk-case to the point of starting, aud theremovable Haring` mouth-piece E, substantially as described.

a, a Spiral spring, D, adapted t0 returu'the 2O el1alkease to tbe pointof starting. the removable flaring,r mouth-piece E, and the buffer?,Substantially as described.

SAMUEL CLARE. EDVARD \V. SMITH.

Vituesses:

ARCHER MARTIN, H. SHAVNKs.

